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he's expected to -- new gun laws proposed by president obama. live coverage starting at 1130. >> friday night on c-span. we'll show you inauguration speeches from the last sixty years. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern with president ronald reagan's address from 1981. bill clinton from 1993, president eisenhower in 1957, at 9:00 p.m. harry truman from 1949. richard nixon from 1969, and president john f kennedy in 1961. george h. w. bush in 1989. lyndon johnson in 1965. from 1977 jimmy carter and wrap up with george w. bush's speech from 2001. see ten inauguration speeches from ten past presidents. starting at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. requiring congress to act intestified working around the legislative body. speaking at the briefings hosted by the christian science monitor. he said he's hopeful not confident about the perspective for a tax reform. and expressed a willing tons look at the medicare eligibility age in the context of deficit reduction. this is an hour. >> thank you for coming. welcome to our first breakfast of the new year. our guest is sand
he's expected to -- new gun laws proposed by president obama. live coverage starting at 1130. >> friday night on c-span. we'll show you inauguration speeches from the last sixty years. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern with president ronald reagan's address from 1981. bill clinton from 1993, president eisenhower in 1957, at 9:00 p.m. harry truman from 1949. richard nixon from 1969, and president john f kennedy in 1961. george h. w. bush in 1989. lyndon johnson in 1965. from 1977 jimmy carter...
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years. it's not permit so president obama and the democrats want to raise taxes on many americans. they have to look them in the eye and passed them through the democratic senate. the republican house would have to agree. the republican house is not going to allow them to raise taxes on american people and that is how you force a conversation about reform. the reason why there is been no reform during the obama years and no entitlement reform or welfare reform is that they raise taxes and spend more money when you stop them from having the ability to raise taxes than they have to reform government to decide how to allocate the resources and how to prioritize them. that's the beginning of getting reform and you're quite right that republicans need to be better at walking through with everybody why they are doing things and what they are up to. and speaking directly to people. you can't always expect cbs to articulate the republican position as accurately as we might like. >> host: smiley 22 rights and on twitter, with the trillion dollars and spending cuts in the last three years wh
years. it's not permit so president obama and the democrats want to raise taxes on many americans. they have to look them in the eye and passed them through the democratic senate. the republican house would have to agree. the republican house is not going to allow them to raise taxes on american people and that is how you force a conversation about reform. the reason why there is been no reform during the obama years and no entitlement reform or welfare reform is that they raise taxes and spend...
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the first year the obama administration talks about the decision, should we do health care quite obama's advisers say no, do not do health care. the president wants you to focus the economy. that's where you need to put your efforts. and what essentially persuaded obama is to do health care now was his legacy. the goal that eluded presidents for a century. well, two members of the coalition presidency spent their turn maki and wouldn't be able to have the achievement, established the record to have an important legacy. that's what i think it would work out as not only my thoroughly educated guess i hope, but we have other support. switzerland i like to use as an example. does the work anywhere else? switzerland executive branch has several department heads there is no first among equals. they rotate the president the msn account others there's now five to represent 80% of the vote during the national elections. the important thing is the seven people of different parties of the political spec to work cooperatively. you might say switzerland. in fact, switzerland has its own history of po
the first year the obama administration talks about the decision, should we do health care quite obama's advisers say no, do not do health care. the president wants you to focus the economy. that's where you need to put your efforts. and what essentially persuaded obama is to do health care now was his legacy. the goal that eluded presidents for a century. well, two members of the coalition presidency spent their turn maki and wouldn't be able to have the achievement, established the record to...
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this is the reality of the obama economy. even in the best of times, imposing an energy tax would be a bad idea. but in an era of unacceptably high unemployment and where americans are desperate for the president to finally focus on growing the middle class rather than throwing scraps to the wealthy supporters, this borders on absurd. he may as well call his plan what it is. a plan to ship out overseas. basically it is unilateral economics. and to what end? many experts agree that a climate policy that does not include those to china and india is essentially meaningless. but the damage to our economy would be anything but meaningless. ironically, those are the very types of countries that stand to benefit economically from our laws. so nations like these will probably just take our jobs and keep pumping more carbon into the air. and what will we have to show for it? that is a question that the president needs to answer today. americans want commonsense policies to make energy cleaner and more affordable. the operative phrase
this is the reality of the obama economy. even in the best of times, imposing an energy tax would be a bad idea. but in an era of unacceptably high unemployment and where americans are desperate for the president to finally focus on growing the middle class rather than throwing scraps to the wealthy supporters, this borders on absurd. he may as well call his plan what it is. a plan to ship out overseas. basically it is unilateral economics. and to what end? many experts agree that a climate...
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states often no insurance markets, the players, regulating things for years. so i think the obama administration wants to set up their own. >> so those that are pursuing a partnerships, how they were? >> that is a good question. it is going to differ among the partnerships. the states will control certain aspects of plant management and customer service. the obama administration is in charge of the i.t. network required for all that. >> how will this affect cost were states on average? >> it is unclear. there is money and they forgo care act for that. some of that is impacted by sequestration. everyone is convinced that the obama administration will make sure that there is money to set off the exchanges, regardless of the impact of sequestration. >> where are we in the process? sequestration is happening now. but as far as one exchanges have to be set up, there have been several deadlines that have been put in place. >> some are several months away. but in terms of the forgo care act, it turns exchanges need to be running october 1, in order to be in complianc
states often no insurance markets, the players, regulating things for years. so i think the obama administration wants to set up their own. >> so those that are pursuing a partnerships, how they were? >> that is a good question. it is going to differ among the partnerships. the states will control certain aspects of plant management and customer service. the obama administration is in charge of the i.t. network required for all that. >> how will this affect cost were states on...
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bush, there were 46 last year under president obama. we calculate there were 4600 casualties. al of those but four took place under president obama. who are the targets arizona professor indicated? militant leaders are not really being killed in the great number. we calculate only 2% of the total number of casual advertise are people you would term leaders. and so that is an interesting development. what was initially started, i thing, as a program that would target high level members of al qaeda, has in a sense deinvolved, particularly in pakistan forks a counterinsurgency air force and you can say that's good or bad, but it's a fact that is happening. where are the targets in pakistan? that'sy al qaeda network are located. what is in the civilian casualty rate? we found it has declined significantly over time. initially in the 2006 it was almost 2%. -- 100%. now today confirmed civilian casualties we calculate 2%. we also add an unknown category of 9% because sometimes at not clear if somebody is a civilian or militant, everybody dresses the same. and that member is revved t
bush, there were 46 last year under president obama. we calculate there were 4600 casualties. al of those but four took place under president obama. who are the targets arizona professor indicated? militant leaders are not really being killed in the great number. we calculate only 2% of the total number of casual advertise are people you would term leaders. and so that is an interesting development. what was initially started, i thing, as a program that would target high level members of al...
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and so one year ago president obama made a declaration. if assad used or started moving chemical weapons, eat do something about it. well, as we all know, august 21st this year that red line was crossed. the president's delayed response was to call for a show of force for targeted limited strikes against the regime. we have been told that the purpose of these strikes is to deter and degrade assad's regime's ability to use chemical weapons. so let's take a closer look at these aims. first, no one disputes the atrocities in syria in recent weeks are unspeakable. no one disputes that those responsible for these crimes against the independent should be held to account. we were absolutely right, of course to condemn these crimes. but let's be very clear about something. these attacks, monstrous as they are, were not a direct attack against the united states or one of its treaty allies. and just so there's no confusion, let me assure everyone that if a weapon of mass destruction were used against the u.s. or one of our allies are congress would
and so one year ago president obama made a declaration. if assad used or started moving chemical weapons, eat do something about it. well, as we all know, august 21st this year that red line was crossed. the president's delayed response was to call for a show of force for targeted limited strikes against the regime. we have been told that the purpose of these strikes is to deter and degrade assad's regime's ability to use chemical weapons. so let's take a closer look at these aims. first, no...
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>> i want to ask you a question, given this obama -- the speech on tax reform. i want to know how far democrats want to take tax reform, corporate -- >> we have to have significant revenue. i support the finance committee and what they're trying to do, but my message to everyone, including mys members on the finance commit year, tax reform but has to create significant revenue. >> you interested in -- want the lower rates, lower the individual rates and corporate -- >> when it's all over and done with, significant revenue. we start with senator murray's number in the budget committee. that's good starting point significant revenue. >> senator reid, what you have done and the republicans have not, not been an to pass an appropriations bill. what does that mean, so big -- >> unless the republican party becomes functional once again, i don't -- this year, -- we passed 27 bills. the lowest in the history of this country. 27 bills. now, the speaker says that is no indication of accomplishing much. his zenith is how many bills you delete. well, zero. 27 to zero. by an
>> i want to ask you a question, given this obama -- the speech on tax reform. i want to know how far democrats want to take tax reform, corporate -- >> we have to have significant revenue. i support the finance committee and what they're trying to do, but my message to everyone, including mys members on the finance commit year, tax reform but has to create significant revenue. >> you interested in -- want the lower rates, lower the individual rates and corporate -- >>...
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over the past two years, nato has affirmed three times the role played in deterrence, the obama administration has been patently affirmed the importance of reassuring allies and the issue of making sure we have a nato nuclear umbrella. this amendment appears to be asking for an independent entity to study some teams nato and the united states have already independently studied and concluded similarly. both nato and united states concluding it is important to retain nato as a nuclear alliance. i opposed this amend and then asked my colleagues to join me. >> the gentleman yields back. anyone else wish to speak on the sub checked? adoption of the amendment offered jaime sanchez. so many us are in favor will say aye. those opposed no. no's have it. the amendment is not agreed to. next amendment is also by ms. sanchez, number 057. while the clerk please pass out that amendment. by the way, 10:00 is a stretched goal. [laughter] without objection, reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. gentlelady is now recognized for the purpose of offering and explaining her amendment. >> thank you, mr. c
over the past two years, nato has affirmed three times the role played in deterrence, the obama administration has been patently affirmed the importance of reassuring allies and the issue of making sure we have a nato nuclear umbrella. this amendment appears to be asking for an independent entity to study some teams nato and the united states have already independently studied and concluded similarly. both nato and united states concluding it is important to retain nato as a nuclear alliance. i...
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for the first two years of the obama administration we engaged the regime of president bashar al-assad not because they liked him, not because it's the behavior was particularly good, actually it was awful but it was based on the idea that syria was important not only in signing a peace treaty with israel but also because of serious geographic location. it doesn't have a lot of oil. it doesn't export a lot of goods. the people were very friendly and the food they prepared was very good but by and large we didn't have a lot of u.s. interests there. but we have a lot of interest in the countries that surrounded syria. israel, jordan, iraq where we spent williams of dollars, nato member turkey and lebanon where the u.s. does not necessarily direct interest but a lot of historical interest in the remaining military interest there in very shapes and forms. so i tried to think a little bit about this and i kept on hearing every time they would talk about why those that said we should get more involved in syria would say well look what happened in lebanon. lebanon caught on fire and literally
for the first two years of the obama administration we engaged the regime of president bashar al-assad not because they liked him, not because it's the behavior was particularly good, actually it was awful but it was based on the idea that syria was important not only in signing a peace treaty with israel but also because of serious geographic location. it doesn't have a lot of oil. it doesn't export a lot of goods. the people were very friendly and the food they prepared was very good but by...
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but a lot has changed in the last four years. under president obama's leadership we have ended the war in iraq, begun a transition in afghanistan and brought osama bin laden to justice. we have also revitalized american diplomacy and strengthen our alliances. and while our economic recovery is not yet complete, we are heading in the right direction. in short, america today is stronger at home and more respected in the world. and our global leadership is on firmer footing than many predicted. to understand what we have been trying to do these last four years, it's helpful to start with some history. last year i was honored to deliver the forest all lecture at the naval academy named for first secretary of defense after world war ii. in 1946, james forest all noted in his diary that the soviets believed that the post-war world should be shaped by a handful of major powers acting alone but he went on the american point of view is that all nations professing a desire for peace and democracy should participate and what ended up happen
but a lot has changed in the last four years. under president obama's leadership we have ended the war in iraq, begun a transition in afghanistan and brought osama bin laden to justice. we have also revitalized american diplomacy and strengthen our alliances. and while our economic recovery is not yet complete, we are heading in the right direction. in short, america today is stronger at home and more respected in the world. and our global leadership is on firmer footing than many predicted. to...
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in 2011 he was asked by president obama to remain as fbi director for a conditional two-year term and that was swiftly approved by the congress. ♪ .. as an assistant to attorney general thornburgh in the head of the criminal division in 1998, direct or molar loosening united states attorney in san francisco, a position he held in 2001. is your tenure is set to expire, for one last look and look forward to your statement. please proceed. turn on that microphone. >> good morning, chairman goodlatte, ranking member conyers amounts of the subcommittee. i thank you for the opportunity to hear an on their behalf when they began by thanking your support of the bureau over the 11 years i've been here. we look at a time of diverse and persistent threats from terrorists, spies and criminals. at the same time we faced criminal threats from white-collar crime. justice or national security and criminal threats constantly evolved, so too must the fbi counter these threats even during a time of constrained budgets. to get back to highly several fbi of the high-spirited national security criminal t
in 2011 he was asked by president obama to remain as fbi director for a conditional two-year term and that was swiftly approved by the congress. ♪ .. as an assistant to attorney general thornburgh in the head of the criminal division in 1998, direct or molar loosening united states attorney in san francisco, a position he held in 2001. is your tenure is set to expire, for one last look and look forward to your statement. please proceed. turn on that microphone. >> good morning, chairman...
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over the last four years in particular the obama administration has been crucial investments in border security, adding personnel, and provide technology and strengthening infrastructure. as secretary apologize previously stated, our borders have never been stronger. first, we made our ports of entry much more efficient, facilitating lawful trade and travel. second, we expanded our partnerships with the federal, state and local partners and territorial law enforcement as well as with the private sector. third, internationally, we continue to improve partnerships to deter illegal smuggling and trafficking and improve intelligence and information sharing so that we can identify threats well before they reach our shores. the numbers speak for themselves 2004 the department had a total of 10,000 border patrol agents. today we count 21,000. the southwest border we have increased our border patrol agents to a nearly 94%. in the northern border we have 2200 border patrol agents. we have increased the number of cp officers who secure the flow of people and goods into our nation to over 21,000
over the last four years in particular the obama administration has been crucial investments in border security, adding personnel, and provide technology and strengthening infrastructure. as secretary apologize previously stated, our borders have never been stronger. first, we made our ports of entry much more efficient, facilitating lawful trade and travel. second, we expanded our partnerships with the federal, state and local partners and territorial law enforcement as well as with the...
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twenty years ago, this would've been the usual thing that happened. largely because the fbi and sharing more now than it did before. i don't know why they didn't go to the local police not only to warn him, but you asked for their help in solving this puzzle. was it the russians who were wrong or misleading us, trying to get us involved in this problem? >> i think it is still a problem. people generally will share once they determine that something is relevant to a terrorism investigation. and that it's too late. you have to share volumes of information and it needs to go to the fbi and it generally does. but there are often confusion confusing parts about. the answer is you don't know if its counterterrorism information until you have it or until you can compare it to other information and find connections between not. i think the pressure needs to be on ensuring that people are showing core information that they collect. even if there's no indication yet that it is relevant for individual investigation. >> you have some comments on this? >> witnesse
twenty years ago, this would've been the usual thing that happened. largely because the fbi and sharing more now than it did before. i don't know why they didn't go to the local police not only to warn him, but you asked for their help in solving this puzzle. was it the russians who were wrong or misleading us, trying to get us involved in this problem? >> i think it is still a problem. people generally will share once they determine that something is relevant to a terrorism...
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president obama nominated her on june 5 at this year. this hearing is two hours. >> good morning. this is the hearing of the senate relations committee will come to order. good morning ms. power and welcome to the senate foreign relations committee. your nomination as ambassador to united nations has come with much fanfare and with some criticism which at the end of the day means he must be doing something right. but without fanfare or criticism i don't believe anyone can question your credentials nor can anyone question your service. and certainly no one can question your willingness to speak your mind. often forcefully, always passionately and usually without hesitation and i commend you for your willingness to speak out particularly on human rights issues around the world. where there is a war correspondent in bosnia or in yugoslavia are one door sedan as you said in your pulitzer prize winning book genocide witnessed evil at its worst. you've been in on balancing voice when it comes to human rights and crimes against humanity and i know that boys will be heard around the world
president obama nominated her on june 5 at this year. this hearing is two hours. >> good morning. this is the hearing of the senate relations committee will come to order. good morning ms. power and welcome to the senate foreign relations committee. your nomination as ambassador to united nations has come with much fanfare and with some criticism which at the end of the day means he must be doing something right. but without fanfare or criticism i don't believe anyone can question your...
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and the president obama, particularly second term, serious plan to cut the military budget, but china perceive was the u.s. pivotal or rebalancing after the iraq war and the afghanistan war, in low location near the south china sea and north china sea, and china support allies like japan and also a country like the philippineses. they think this is u.s.-led effort to contain china. now, so this is also opportunity for obama to explain this rebalancing to asia policy and hopefully military to military discussion. >> questions about currency from twitter saying, what's the effect of the currency war having on china? >> guest: well, certainly china -- some of the people in the united states and west believe that china is a currency manipulator, but of course the u.s. government does not define that way. at least in the past couple years. china appreciate the r&b significantly and continues to do that. chinas export slow down, tremendous burden for chinese government to continue to do that because, as i mentioned, a high percentage of unemployed, particularly college studentses. when the
and the president obama, particularly second term, serious plan to cut the military budget, but china perceive was the u.s. pivotal or rebalancing after the iraq war and the afghanistan war, in low location near the south china sea and north china sea, and china support allies like japan and also a country like the philippineses. they think this is u.s.-led effort to contain china. now, so this is also opportunity for obama to explain this rebalancing to asia policy and hopefully military to...
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and president karzai more than a year ago. so we already have a strategic partnership with afghanistan that extends well beyond 2014, in fact, ten years beyond 2014. likewise, nato, in fact, beat us to the punch and established a strategic partnership of its own with afghanistan in the lisbon summit in november of 2010. so the framework already exists for a continuing contribution, a partnership beyond 2014. beyond that we've solidified those commitments beyond 2014 with the funding commitments both to sport the after -- support the afghan security forces but also the economy beyond 2014. so i think as we discussed earlier with senator kaine, this is a multipart package of political commitments, economic commitments and security commitments. and the last piece that needs to fall into place is exactly what will be the size and shape of a u.s. military presence and then beyond that a nato military presence. and that's still you should negotiation. but -- under negotiation. but those negotiations are active, they're progressing,
and president karzai more than a year ago. so we already have a strategic partnership with afghanistan that extends well beyond 2014, in fact, ten years beyond 2014. likewise, nato, in fact, beat us to the punch and established a strategic partnership of its own with afghanistan in the lisbon summit in november of 2010. so the framework already exists for a continuing contribution, a partnership beyond 2014. beyond that we've solidified those commitments beyond 2014 with the funding commitments...
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president obama ordered the killing of and were al-awlaki. they killed him and his 16-year-old son in a drone strike in yemen. america now knows the criteria used to dominate and americans for targeted killing. the way paper size for the legal framework for when the u.s. government can use lethal force against the u.s. citizens who is a senior operational leader of al qaeda or an associated force. it is located in a foreign country outside the area of active hostilities. the justice department claims in such a case lethal force to be lawful or three conditions are met and informed high-level official of the u.s. government has determined the targeted individual poses an imminent threat against the united states, capture is infeasible in the united states continues to monitor whether capture becomes feasible. three, the operation would be conducted in a manner consistent with principles of the laws of war. today's hearing will examine the justice department's way paper and constitutional issues surrounding the targeted killing of americans ove
president obama ordered the killing of and were al-awlaki. they killed him and his 16-year-old son in a drone strike in yemen. america now knows the criteria used to dominate and americans for targeted killing. the way paper size for the legal framework for when the u.s. government can use lethal force against the u.s. citizens who is a senior operational leader of al qaeda or an associated force. it is located in a foreign country outside the area of active hostilities. the justice department...